eI 47 aR ALGEBRA | ALGER “amenconeans OS ca When a sequence has a constan difference between successive terms it is — called an arithmetic progression. PART 1 a1 +d=2% term ay + 2 aazart(n-1)d 6 | Consider "he “arithmetic sequence whose fst term is 2 and whase common diferene is 3 < Find th 12 tr, ‘Solution: a+ 11d= 126tem 2+1¢3)2-39 eeeDay sens _ ‘Alfred set out ata speed of 6 kph fr point. After Alfed had traveled for hy see ‘ut to overtake him and went 4 km the fst hears: km the second hour, 6 km the third hou, s0 on ang gaining one km per hour. After how many hoe were they together? Y | S,=9[22, +(0- Ng] | {| ss, 12 +6n= § [2(4) + (n- 1)(1)] 24+ 12n=n(7 +n) m5; (n-8\0+3)=0 n=6 Cerro eure eee S24 [ta+(n-fd] S=§[o,+2,] ry ALGEBRA Trine sum of the frst 13 terms of two AP's are in the ratio of 7:3, what is the ratio of their Conespondng seventh rns? Soliton: = 5 Rat (n- ti) ven n= 13 when n=7 Pee, +124) s,= Za, +84) 52a, ¢124,) 5, +2 1, +64) & 27 Sad, 7 713 S, 3,64, 3 \ att, 27 \ a, +124, 3Find the eleventh term ofthe arithmetic sequerce whose first three terms are 2, 9, and 16. Solution: a=2 d=9-2=7 a+ 10d = 11 term 2+ 10(7)=72 Ifthe 3" term of an arithmetic sequence is 23, and the 8 term is 63, find the 6 term. Solution: a+2d=3+term a+2d=23 a+7d= 8° term at7d=63, a+2(8)=23 a+5d=6 term as7 6 term = 7 + 5(6) = 47 ALGEBRA 'An auditorium has 54 seats in the fist row. 58 ‘seals in the Second row, 62 seats inthe third row {and so on. Find the general erm of tis arithmetic sequence. ‘Solution: n+ 50 (2) + 80 = 58 ok Use a= 4n +50 (3) + 50 d= 32 ok 2 term = 58 Use a= 4n+ 50 ho ‘Donna had an offer for a job stating at $40,000 per year and guaranteeing her raise of $1600 a year forthe next 5 years. Find the her salary for the 4* year. Solution: a=40,000 d= 1600 4% year salary = a+ 3d 4° year salary = 40000 + 3(1600) = $44,800OO oom On commencing employment, a man is paid g salary of P7200 per annum and recove oo increments of P350. Determine his salary in te 9% year and calculate the total he wii have received in the first 12 years. = 2 basin. gq 972 at 0-4] 29= 7200 + (9- 1360) g- 12 = PIaggas NO) S= = Lara + 12-1080) S=P109500 ‘Anil company bores a hole 80 m. deep. Estimate the cost of boring ifthe cost is P30 for driling, the first meter with an increase in cost of P2 per meter for each succeeding meter. Solution: a=30 n=8) d=2 S=5 Par(n-nd] 8= [aco +7972) ‘S= P8720 “The 6° term of an AP is 17 and the 136 term is 38. Find the 19 term. Solution: eer arsc)et7 as2 seat Wave My 22180) aw = 56 (earn eed Ifthe 3* term of an arithmetic sequence is 12 and the 8 terms 27, find the 5 term a+2(3)=12 az6 a+4d=6+4(3) a+4d= 18 (5" term)36,000 is to be divided among Arthur, Bema and Carlos such that their shares in the same oder, form an arithmetic progression. Beran share is three times that of Arthur's, How much is ‘Arthur's share? Solution: Let A,B, and C be the shares of Arthur, Bemard, and Carlos, respectively. A+B+C=36000 = Eg. (1) B=2A —E4.(2) ‘Since their shares form an A.P.: Common difference, d= B-A=C-B 2B=A+C ——E4.(3) Substitute Bin (2) (3): 22A)=A+C C=3A — Eq. (4) Substitute B= 2 and C = 3A to Eq, (1): A+2A+ 3A = 36,000 ‘A= 6,000 (Arthur's share) ALGEBRA ‘Anew Civil Engineer falling to complete his first ‘building contract for P700,000 in a specified time is ‘compelled to pay a penalty of % of 1% per day for the first 10 days of extra time required and for each ‘additional days thereafter, the stipulated penalty is increased by 10%, or P350.00 each day. If he paid a total penalty of P75,600, how many days did he overrun his contract time? ‘Solution: 1% of P700,000 = P7,000.00 % of 1% = P3500.00 Total penalty for the first 6 days = P3500(10) = P35,000 Since after 6 days, the penalty is increased by 410% of 3500 = 350 First term = 350 + 3500 = 3850 For the penalties in AP. ‘Sum, S = P75,600 - P35,000 = P40,600 First term, a1 = P3850 S= §[2, +(0- 1h] 40600 = (23850) +(n- (350) a -21n-232= 0; (n-8)(n+29) =0 n=Bdays ++ the contract was overun for 8 + 10 = 18 days oH[oy 128k _ HARMONIC PROGRESSION When a sequence has a constant difference between successive terms of its reciprocal is called Harmonic Progression. Determine the positive value of x so that x, x? ~ 5 and 2x willbe a harmonic progression. Solution: Inthe given harmonic progression shown, compute the value of x ALGEBRA on The 3° term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9° term is 6, Find the 11% term. Solution: 1 () abd 18a+ 30d =1 21 @ared= = 6a+48d=1 15a+30d=1 (2) 30a + 2400 =5 a= 10d= 11thterm in AP.ALGEBRA GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION Cre The ratio of the 8" and 3° term of a GP is 243, Whats the common ratio of the progression? Find the 10® term ofthe serie: 5,10, 20,40 Solution: ‘of a geometric progression is 4 and the 6 term is 128. Whatis the 11° term? Solution: a=4 (6hterm) ar’ =128 4 = 128 re2 ar” = ttthterm 4 (2)"° = 4096 (11th term)ALGEBRA nr Find he 8° fem ofthe geometic se frst term is 12 and whose common rae Solution: a2 8 term = art Bh term = (12)(4)" 12% | %tem= 2 j 2 Find the 7 term ofthe geomet firsttermis 64 and ites oa sSequencé whose 1on ratio is %, ALGEBRA Find the S* term of the geometric sequence whose first three terms are 2, -6, and 18. Solution: a=2 sth term = ar* sth term = (2)(-3)* = 162 “The population size of the bacterial culture growing under controlled conditions is doubling each day. Predict how large the culture will be at the beginning of day 7 if tt measures 10 units at the beginning ofthe day. Solution: =10 Bey A a= arr a= 10(27" ‘& = 640 units oe)ithe 2 term of a geometric Sequence is 5) the 3¢term is 5/16, find the common ratio, s ifthe 2 tam of a geometric sequer wegen be ft ALGEBRA. ae sell) tres fr se) art rf rage Determine the sum 10 the fst 7 terms of the series 025, 0.75, 225, 6.75 Solution: j 'CesT TEU ST Ravn i a S=— frst tr trot rare eee) ‘Determine the sum to infinty of the series 4,2, 1... sen ind the sum of the infinite series72, 36, 18, 9, Solution: The terms form a GP with r= 0.5 and n = (infinite GP) 2 sumf RA am: ‘ALGEB poo ——sicoon (0) Fate sumto infty ofthe series 2%, 21% IB + 12 we? rt Find the 6* term of the sequence 3 3 5 Solution: | 3 - ' | at : | 12 An Find the value of the 6 term in the following series ofnumbers. 12, 13, 17, 26 Solution: 2 8 7 6 @ 8 ry oe oF a OF The 6* term is 42 + (5° = 67 4did 4 4 A 143 +8» 24» 20" 720° 5040 1 Tih term is 795 ‘The sum of the first n terms of a series is 3" + b, What isthe quotient of the 9® and the 7® terms? Solution: rth term, = Se Sot ‘7 term = Sr ~ Se = [327-1 + b] ~ [32 + b] term = 1,417,176 term = So — Se = [220-1 +b] - [2 + b] term = 114,791,256 cuotent = 114.784, mt rae 4 Ce ee ol ALGEBRA EE GEOMETRIC MEAN, ARITHMETIC MEAN AND HARMONIC MEAN Determine the geometric mean of two numbers if the arithmetic mean and harmonic mean are 4 and 9 respectively Solution: (HM)(AM) = (GMP (9) = (GM)? GM=6 ‘The arithmetic mean of 90 numbers is 50. f two ‘numbers namely 280 and 700 are removed, what isthe arithmetic mean ofthe remaining numbers? Solution: S59 ‘anys $300 260-750 90 90-2 $=4500 AM= 40Py seks umbers which add upto 4 the numbers i 28. Cala the aver” 8. ‘numbers. ® hea SOLUTION: SumofBrunbers: 5, = 463 SumofToher numbers: S, = 168-28 = 49 The average of 11 num eliminated leaving only 4 remaining number is 7.5. Whi bers is 10. One num ber 10 numt is The SOLUTION: Sum of 14 numbers: 8, = 10(11)= 110 ‘Sum of 10 numbers: 8, =7.5(10) =75 Number removed from the 11 numbers: a=110-75= 35 ELBERT ____ ALGEBRA NN acces sua a rare. ante ‘SOLUTION: ae “> ne +n=72 : ni +n-72=0 ‘Therefore, x = 8 freynt)=0 | n=8 | Find the value of x from the series of numbers shown. x4 3x+9K + 27K... 729K = 3279. SOLUTION: (r -1) : x3) 1] 3279 34 x3a ARITHMETIC MEAN, MEDIAy MODE, VARIANCE and STAND A} DEVIATION From the folowing set ofrumbers, 5 6, 8,4, 10,3 @ Determine the arithmetic mean, ad @ Determine the variance. ® Determine the standard deviation, i ‘SOLUTION: © Arithmetic mean. 6 AM: ®@ Variance. TOW, (6OP+(69"+(8674 49" +(106"+(5" 5 7 at LOH 140+ 44+ 1649 a 6 * "@ Standard deviation. 567 MAS OBOE a” ALGEBRA Ez From the given set of numbers 3,8, 10, 7,5, 14, 2,9,8 © Determine the mean. ® Determine the median. © Determine the mode. SOLUTION: © Mean Rearrange the numbers from smaller o bigger values 2,3,5,7,8,8,9, 10, 14 2190578189 EM pay | © Median = 8 (middle number) @ Mode = 8 (value of the most occurring number, 8 occurs twice) 7 IF (2x + 3), (4x —2) and (3x + 11) represents 3 test ‘scores, what is the value of the average score? SOLUTION: 2x+3+4x- 243x411 =ared 3 Ave. soore =ne PRIME NUMBER ALGEBRA 1293) CONSTANT of PROPORTIONALITY Wich of the folowing number is not umber 11,17, 13, 152 2 in = (10)%+(10" 402" = (1092+ (10)" soe= (47 (10) 10 = 160 1f6¢= 3, nd he value of 2 ‘SOLUTION: 3 wo - ALGEBRA _ a | —— eo... | ove 4g ‘eavex =2 ttysx ‘SOLUTION: 4 avn = ane = 8) Yolo -2 avex = Vex =4 x= 16 x2 y=(QR=4LL rma ALGEBRA ALGEBRA a SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIQ, When S = 14 and = 4 ec The distance S meters fom a fixed la lng a stig le wh consi soy waevt 5 20 sects given by S=Vi+ Ya where Vis the ® 14a 28 veloc in ms andthe time in seconds, ity a weve © Determine te na velocity when $ = 42 m 2500, and $= 144 m.whent = 4560, ts + @ Determine the acceleration when $ = 42 m, ang | deen.and S= 144m. when t= 400, ‘© Determine te distance traveled afer 3 sec, SOLUTION: © itl vlocty when S = 42m and t= 2 sec. and g< 444m. when t = 4 sec, When S42. t= see. 1p @ Acceleration when t= 4 se¢. Sentoat a= 15st 4 a ‘© Distance traveled afer 3 se. 42201424 seme zat? Cet 3=69)¢ 3 1819? see tat? 5=855m.Given the folowing information: © The average of A and B is 50. ® The average of B and C is 80. ‘Solve forthe vaiue of C ~ A, SOLUTION: cae Bec soz A¥B= 100 im, : C-A= 60 CE Board Nov. 2012 There exist a valve of x such that the tangent of an cxgessin 2c + 18 is equal to the colangent ‘expression 4x - 12. Find the value of x. a. — oo FEED ER aircraft has 104 seats than the Tee et he bl number fsa erp” and the numberof seats forthe 8767-300 ER SLuTION LUTION: so of seats for B767-200 ER aircraft 71 fod = no. of seats for B767-200 aircraft x4 x— 104 = 328 "A plant {000 solution contains § cups of water for every 1 cup of concentrate, ifthe solution contains 78 cups of these two ingredients, find the number cf cups of concentrate in the solution. SOLUTION: x= no. of cups of concentrate in the solution y= no. of cups of water Sx+y=78 xey Sx+x=78 x= 13 cups—_ ALGEBRA ALGEBRA fa ! Nojam and lia decided 10 eat at izzy ee Meriam ordered 3 slices of pizza and 2 sof but Wane Lika ordered 2 slices of pizza ana is EE, ions eavatons: 1g ‘Meriam paid P600 while Lila paig Pat nyt? yee ‘SOLUTION: How much did one pizza size cost? . ax) = 12(20)1 SOLUTION: ont g00 x= cost of {pizza yyez 260 y= cost of 1 sot dink Wf ox % 3x+2y = 600 by@ xo 2D eas x4+3y=525 by@ Reasprint is either discarded or recycled ‘Americans recycle about 27% of all newsprint, but jn amount of newsprint equivalent to 30 millon trees is discarded every year. About how many trees worth of newsprint is recycled in the United States each year? ‘3x+2(75)= 600 SOLUTION: X= P50 cost off pizza otra are eve vars 10-2 = 73% x= 46.86 trees No. of trees worth of newsprint that is recycled: N=0.27(42.86) = 11.6 million treesThe ive wae the gest of wha, tsa yl 3 tne ses poe, a cnt pre cata de mo humpback whale and 5 tons. Ifthe total a a ee com's ofa blue whale and a humpback whale is 1172 MEG, ‘bedroom siting structure, the feswapenoghichebuewhae. |” ty Senin ie Se mar ese BON MO ‘SOLUTION: iat prea long ard we of Bewt ofbuewhale — H=wt. of humpback, er max. area that the a 8=3H-5) 117-H=3H-15 ae Benet? H=33 B=tt7-H B= 117-33 66 0ng { Indes, forescent and halogen bts a lasing oo | longer than ever before. One average ofthe number bul hours fra fluorescent bul is 25 tes the n of bub hours for @ halogen bulb. The number of bus tours for an incandescent bulb is 2500 less than the logen bub. Hf the total numberof bulb hours for tne ft longer than its Trot a rectangular garden is 6 ft. long teal heel ae deed ii area ofthe garden is 55 sq, find its length ‘SOLUTION: and width . F =o, ofbulb hous for fuorescent bulb soLuniow: =n. of bulb hours for halogen bulb a |= oof ub hous for incandescent bulb Fad Fe25H (25H +H ~ 2500 +H = i Isicamn sor buprousar 5826728, Fels 105 pole 600 ‘halogen bulb y=5 (width) oe‘county bam Rouse chickens end pg, to determine the exact number of oe animals in the bam, the former owner tog ft! - ig 4 Civil Engineer. graduate to simpl Mn rate hooey Te rie repo jeads and 140 legs. iid eee oe legs. How many Digg ne . of pigs y=no. of children x+y=60 Note: Chicken have only 2 legs, while pigs have 4 WT os scons ne rer umber Toe me mon, The total umber of cats and gs 18 4 Maton. Find the numberof dons. Meer purchased a rectangular watertront ot along a You dye. The perimeter of the fst is 1000 f. To rer sense of privacy, you decided to fence along | Ge tree sides excusing the sides that face the river. AN) Inexpensive fencing along the lts front costs P10 per foot An inexpensive fencing along the two sides costs PO por foot. The cost ofthe fencing along the three des comes to P7000 . What are the lots dimensions? SOLUTION: Perimeter of ot 2x4 2y = 1000 x+y=500 ‘Cost of fencing 3 sides: ‘x + 2410) = 7000 x+ 22700 500 x= 200 ftes ALGEBRA asm fr the radius ¢ of @ Cone with hogy bv cm and voume Vis T= 47 rumerator of the radical expression in the formula ‘SOLUTION: : QUADRATIC EQUATION Ax +Br4020 sumotthooos: 742-2 Product of roots: ante When B'-44C=0 repeated roots (real equal roots) B'-44C<0 twocomplex roots (imaginary) B'-4AC>0 tworeal unequal roots hy Raters 9, jue of the constant h in the quadratic a the vat tm hx + x - 6h = 0 if 4 is one of the equation X= SOLUTION SOLUTION: fgrnan 460-0 fon =20 he? Bae of the roots of the quadratic equation jae + 14x + 12 = 0 is 6 times the other root. Find the vaive of A ‘SOLUTION: 142-4Find the missing terms A and B if 2+ 8x +A)~(B+ 7X44) = 3244 14 | (uP +B 15) -(bxt #74) =e tt TT ‘Given the equation 5x? - 2x + 1= 0. Deter ot persis ofthe rots ofthe equation SOLUTION: Ad +Bx+C=0 Bx +120 BF AAC: (2-451) =-16<0 When 8? -4AC <0 Thervots are imaginary ___vcen et EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS incond of arginvarse functions 4) inex b) eee 4 eee =o Ine=4 e) eed os = MPascals) at height h meters above press et is given by P = Poes> where Peis the ve at ground Fevel and C is constant, Find sine P when Po = 1,012 x 10* Pa, height B= £1420 m, and C = 71500. SOLUTION: p=Pe" P p=to12xto'e™ p=tot2xt0° eo p=9.921 x10" Pa cayi ALGEBRA mo | 60] ALGEBRA nore ‘A gem population has a growth cur ‘ARIT wa va of esis oginal vate doug X LoGaRITEM ‘SOLUTION: 4 fog, *=¥ 2A hee 2 bg * pee 9 nx=bog, x n2=04tne 4 Changeo! base ‘ font te 1.733 tone 5 5 tog) =109 00 The population sized y of a community Lemmings varies according to the relationship y = 9 toa(£) =tonx-0 7) bog, x” = Hog: * yo e%8., In this formula, t is the time in months ang isx>0 Yeis the ital population at time t= 0. Estimate the LL puepncamntalcsr population after 6 months if there originally 5009 4 og, or In(Naperian, hyperbo! Lemmings. or natural logarithm) 410) tog or loa, ‘SOLUTION: 11) log, b= Y=yoots fn y= 500060180 | ys 12208 12) og, bo Eeoe \ w Le ee EA” ater oo Bove forxit2:# 1=5. SOLUTION: peiss ed =P x2 oon | soe fore ogy (x-5)= 2. | ‘SOLUTION: 2 log, (x-5)= 5 x-5=(8) x29a ———— conse : SOLUTION: om 3 logs(x + 2)=6 err oc xf tog 10 loge = 2 fogs (x + 2) = 2 TION: i. SOLUTION: x22 (F 9, 10-100, =2 (10) 2 von.) 7? 2.4) fg Problem * ' Soe fr x4 In 2x=5. 10246 } x \ SOLUTION: 5 \ 45 “teSolve for x if logs 98-2 = 2x. SOLUTION: logs 98-2 = 2x gi-2= (3) (38-9 = (3) 12-4x=2x x22 Solve for x if 16 = 4x+1, ‘SOLUTION: 16=aret (a= (pet xt1=2 xet Solve for xif 257°! = 125%. SOLUTION: ast = 105" 5 =) 4x+1=3K Set SOLUTION: 10-6 = 146, 10% = 152 2& log 10 = log 152 x= 1.091 ALGEBRA [Problem : |ALGEBRA i _____ALGEBRA_ amy M The log of the quotient 4 and the log of the Hee on bt lg 128 +109 32 product MN equal to 1.55630251 ang SOLUTION: 0.352182518 respectively. Find the value of M. 264 = 128 B=32 SOLUTION: og bg 0g 2 tog = 55630251 Blog 2-7 log 2 +5 log 2=4 og 2 co M 240155690251 on Evaluate log, 27 + log, a log MN = 0.352182518 : @ MN= 100352182518 SOLUTION: ‘ bg, 27 +9, 2 Divide ®@ by © (22 MN (ny _ 190352182518 sar) 4915560251 ny (Tyne N= 49-1.204119992 * (3) N=0.25 pee M (0.25) = 10°: 352182518 1 M=9 }=xbo,lg xto the base 2 minus log 5 to the base 2g equal to 3, find the value of x ‘SOLUTION: ‘The sum of logarithms of two numbers is 1.748188 and the logarithm of their sum is 1.17609. What is the product of the number? ‘SOLUTION: 109 (0) +109 y = 1.748198 "09 (xy) = 1.748198, y= 101748 y= 56 ALGEBRA Er Solve for x if loge [logs (logs x)] = 0. SOLUTION: 1092 [logs (logs x)] = 0 logs (loge x)= (2)°= 4 loge x = (3) x= (4) x= 64 Solve for x if 21 = gas j SOLUTION: es gat (x 1) log 2 = (2x - 1) og 3 (~1)(0.301) = (x — 1) 04771 X= 0.26961 | ALGEBRA Find the loudness in decibels of the sound in a library, for which the intensity is 2510 times, |, ‘SOLUTION: l = 1069 Leto £1069 2510 j¢ L=10}og 2510 L=34decbols ‘An earthquake in Japan has an intensity 4 x 10! times b. What is its magnitude on the Richter scale, ‘SOLUTION: i Reba neta 4 R=b9 4 +1og 10° R86 7 Wffx) = x + 1 and g(x) = x21 Find x if (g °(x) = 0 SOLUTION To obtain (g o (x) change 2-1 to (x+ 17-1 (+ 4p-1=0 xeteAxetet Ke? xe THA(R) = c+ 1 and g(x) = x2 — 1, find the value of x if @of(x) equals 0. SOLUTION: (9, a) =(K+ 4)? -1 O=(K +1)? -4 (x+y? { X80, +2ALGEBRA INVERSE of an EQUATION ‘Whats the inverse of the function y = 2x ~ 37 ‘SOLUTION: ‘change x to y and y to x x43 ye AS (inverse) Determine the inverse function of f(x) = 5x - 1 SOLUTION: ye5x-4 (Change to y and y to x x=8y-1 by: y tien P= Ltey ALGEBRA fa ‘Determine the inverse function f(x) = x° + 4 ‘SOLUTION: yee tt (Change y to x and x to y P44 yoexet yeti £ Q)= Uae Determine the principal value of the inverse function of Cos ‘0.5, in radians. SOLUTION: Arc cos @ = 0.5 6=60" 60(n) 180 0 = 1.0472 rad\ ALGEBRA ALGEBRA THE BINOMIAL SERIES CZ Frascas Trane] ros 7 In the expression of (at } + find the (atx) 1 (atx) ee coefficient ofthe 8* term. (atx? ' 2 4 ep 1 38 8 tl tye 1 4 6 4 14 faxp 1 5 10 105 4 SOLUTION: (atx 1 6 15 2015 6 1 (ay 10M(2x)?} - — earl x = 960x° ay ® ; Find the 4" term ofthe expression (3) Coefficient = 960 SOLUTION: 401 a?(-4)2 “Tray = *15360x+ALGEBRA roe th the expression of (2- independent of x. ‘SOLUTION: 0 (ot (2-3) ‘0! am (- ny (O-n A = tHe (ayeret (0-A! A = 1 20-2 (0-Nrt 10-2r=0 (independent of x) 135 Terfoethe th erm s independent of x ALGEBRA inthe binomial expansion of (a+ b) find the value of nif the coefficient ofthe 4® and the 136 terms are equal to each other. SOLUTION: (a+b) Coeft of 4th term = Coeff of 13th term an (3S (12) 1 (n= 12)! 121=(n- 3131 121. (n-3)! F 3 (n= 12)) 421 __ (n-3Xn-4Xn-5X\n-6y(n- 7h 8\n-9) 31 (n-t0Y(n- 11)... 12(19)(10)(9)(8)(7)(6)(54) = (r-34-40-8) (n-6{n-7(n-8X(a-9)n- 104-11) (n-3)=12 (n-4)=11 (n-5)=10 (n-6)=9 (0-7)=8 (n-8)=7 (n-9)=8. n= 15 (terms)ALGEBRA. Find the sum ofthe exponents of the expansion of the expansion (4x ~ 3) SOLUTION: (4x3) ‘Note : Exponent of x=1 when n=9 Exponent of 3=0 ‘Sum of exponents = n(n + 1)(imes average of exponen Smatogenins=9(9+ (152) =45 Pons _ mas ‘Of the coefficient of the expression sou (Gx~ Aye Sub.x=1 Sumof coef = (3 1)— (4)? Sum of coeff, = 4095, ALGEBRA. the 5! term of the expansion of (3 + x)? Find the middle term of (e- SOLUTION: N=10 6 terms the middle term In the expansion of (a + x)"° there are 10+ 1 = 11 terms, 1 2q Octyt =! 4x? y+ ax? y? + dey? ty? There are Sterms=4+1 For (2.— _—— a N pg oA ALGEBRA 483] a oan caso" ee nal cabaad be stra SOLUTION: the expansion of (6 + 2y)57 ‘There are 8 + 1 = 9 terms of the expansion of the pea given value, therefore the S* term is the middle ‘5 4 tem. 31a (©) yy? = 2640 a a — (- 5b) wore TO) (2504) Whats the sum of the numerical coefficients ofthe 7000003 b* expansion of (a + b)8, | I SOLUTION: | ] Substitute a= 4 and b = 4 \ him (a+ b= (1+ 18 = 64 | For the expansion (4x - 3)9, what is the sum of al ‘the exponent? ‘SOLUTION: From the given expansion (x - 3y)"2. Find the term Sum of exponents of (a+ b)* = n(n) ee esata oie (ave. of exponents of a and b) SOLUTION: Sumetopores = + (0 Taming: Sum of exponents = 45 gat ON = 40005 x! y!ALGEBRA ALGEBRA PARTIAL FRACTIONS Ro ‘The partial fractions is expressed as: Given following partial fraction with its 3x21 A J . == corresponding partial fraction. tend m3 32 1.8 X+3 1,8, 3 ae "nea Compute the value of A, | Whatis the value of B? ‘SOLUTION: | { SOLUTION: AL x43 : x A E43 HOP 42) ay poy, Oe woes a i Peed) dy TBA tx4 2) AE (x #3)x x43 x-2 | 7 3x-1=AK-2) + Bex +3) Ca arage 101242) ey Fo meeds MEAP) aie sarge Oe when x=-3 When x=0 %3)-12A63-40 0+043=0+2849 Az2 B=45| 36 | ALGEBRA : From the given expansion of partial traci determine the value of A iid Ix! +30 +702 + 10x+10 BHC | One (x pe +3)" P43 OF | SOLUTION: 4 | 2xt+ 3x8 + 2 + 10K +10. = Alx? + 3) + (Bx + C)x— 1)(x2+3) +(Ox+E}(x-1) when x= 1 (A) + 3(1) +7(1) + 10 + 10 = A(a)2 +040 Az? ALGEBRA RANGE OF A DOMAIN ‘Aset has 5 items and ithas a range of 7. The set is composed of the following: {1, 2, M, 5, NF. Find the average of the numbers in the set, Mess Mz 22 Avago rumbers= 1*2*212 +88 ‘Average of the numbers = 3.76 Given the following set of 7 numbers with 2 ‘unknowns (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B). The average of the T numbers is 6. Calculate the value of A + B. SOLUTION: = St6+7+8+9+A48 7 A+B=7ca ALGEBRA _——_~ ALGEBRA. Ea TRANSLATION Find the new equation of he line Sx + 4y + 3= Oif The curve y = x?is translated 4 units to the right o the origin is translated to the point (1, 2). the curve, parallel to the x-axis. Determine Point of intersection of the curve y = x2 and . SOLUTION: translated equation ofthe curve. axeh SOLUTION: ; | Point ofimtertection Fr yatety Sx+4y+3=0 50+ 1) #4('+2)4+3=0 Sx'+5 4 4y'+843=0 Sx'+ 4y'+ 1620 ——x yer Y= (x=4ye yex ts Pt of intersection is (2, 4oo ALGEBRA ROTATION OF AXES arene Le Compute the transform equation of the cune y= 1 by otating the axes through an angle of 45 SOLUTION: x=xCos6-y'Sin@ x= x'Cos 45". y'sin 45" | y=x'Sin@+y'Cos 6 Y= x Sin 45" + y'Cos 45° yet (1° Cosas'-y'Sin46'\x’ Sing5 + y' Cosd5") = 1 (e}F Sin 45° - xy’ Sin 45° Sin 45° +19 Cos 45° Cos 45° “Sin 45° Cos 45" OS KR-O5 yyr=4 O(n ALGEBRA Ha INTEGERS (ODD OR EVEN) During the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, the total number of medals won by Germany, Australia, and the People's Republic of China were three consecutive integers. Of these three countries, Germany won the fewest medals and China won the most. ifthe sum of the fist integer, twice the second integer and four times the third integer is 409, find the number of medals. won by each country. SOLUTION: X= no, of medals won by Germany X+1= no. of medals won by Australia of medals won by China X+ (2)(x-4 1) #4(x +2) = 409 x2 57 58 x+2= 59During the 2001 Major League Baseball season, the number of homeruns hit by Jim Thome of the Cleveland Indians, Rafael Palmero of the Texas Rangers and Richie Sexson .of the Mivaukes Brewers were three consecutive odd Thome hit the most homeruns and Sexson hit he fewest homeruns. The total number of homeruns hit by this three players over the course of the season was 141. How many homeruns did each player hit during the 2001 seasons? ‘SOLUTION: 1 no. of homeruns hit by Sexson x+2= no, of homeruns hit by Palmero x44 =o, of homeruns hit by Thome 4 (42) 4 (x44) = 141 x=45 x+2547 +4549 ____ALGEBRA_ Bg ‘A pennant in the shape of an isosceles triangle is to be constructed for the High School Athletic Club and sold at a fundraiser. The company ‘manufacturing the pennant charges according to the perimeter and the athletic club has determined that a perimeter of 149 om should make a nice profit. if each equal side of the triangle i twice the length of the third side increased by 12.om, find the length of the smallest side of the triangular pennant SOLUTION: x= smallest side of triangular pennant 2x + 12= the two equal sides ofthe isosceles triangle X+ 212x412) = 149 x= 25os | ALGEBRA Four times the difference of a number ‘same as 2 increased by 6 times the n: the number. ‘SOLUTION: nd 2s the mer ing x= the number 4x-2)=24 6x E65 One number is 5 times another number. Ifthe sum |] 2ftwo numbers is 270, nd the numbers. SOLUTION: X= one number y= other number x=6y x+y=270 x+y=270 x= 270-45 Syty yaad =270 x= 225 Ni oe VB ALGEBRA Jos | Find the measures of the angles of a triangle i the measure of one angle is twice the measure of a second angle and the third angle measures 3 times the second angle decreased by 12 ‘SOLUTION: 3x-12= 3 angle x4 2x + (3x12) = 180 x= 32 2(82) = 64" The angles are 32°, 64°, and 84”, 492) - 12 84 Ti Find the angles of a triangle whose base angles are equal and whose third angle is 10" less than 3 times a base angle. SOLUTION: X= the base angles ofa triangle 3x-10= 34 angle 4x4 (x10) = 180 x= 38" 3x- 10 104" Angles are 38°, 38, and 104".ALGEBRA roe recent year, the average SAT scores in Math for the States of Alabama, Louisiana ang Michigan were three consecutive integers. Ifthe ‘um ofthe frst integer, second integer and 3 tines the third integer is 2637, find the score of SOLUTION: x= score of Alabama_(1# integer) x+1= score of Louisiana (2 integer) +2= score of Michigan (3% integer) X+ (c+ 1) #3(K + 2) = 2637 = 526 +2 = 528 The zip codes of three Nevada locations, Fallon, Femly and Gardnerville Ranchos are ‘three ‘consecutive even integers. If twice the first integer ‘added to the third integer is 26822, find the 2p ‘code of Fallon. ‘SOLUTION: X= zip code of Fallon (19 integer) ip code of Gardenville (37 inte 2x+ (x44) = 268222 ual x= 89406 zip code of Fallon ALGEBRA ‘Gre angle is three times its supplement increased ty 20°. Find the measures of the two supplementary angles. SOLUTION: x=one angle 180 x= supplement of one angle (180 -x) + 20 “o ‘One angle is twice its complement increased by 30°. Find the measure of the two complimentary angles. SOLUTION: x= one angle 90 - x= compliment of one angle x= 2(90-x) +30 x= 70" 90-x= 20": — a ALGEBRA SIGMA NOTATION ee when K = 3 5(3)-3=12 12-725 when K = 25 28(5) - 3= 122 AP, = = 2708 “ s= 2 p+ 1z)= 1550 . Whats the value of yer 2 ‘SOLUTION: (2-0) + (2-i) + (2-2) + (2-31) = 8-6yoy eee _____ Nt & 3 RECURSIVE SEQUENCE Find the sum of > wr SOLUTION: Find the 3" term of a recursively defined sequence. 3.3.3 2d, ee Saw coy * Gor * Gor * Hor SOLUTION: ast § Grr0s+ ous 000s +003. ie a, =03 = 28 010 \ | "os rind the sum of a recursively defined sequence | ay = 1 and an1= 3 an— 1 for the first 4 terms. r= 2008 =9.10 003 SOLUTION: av= 4 (1 term) g- 23 st oo 8 a= (94term) s-} Sum=1+2+5+14=22 cee eek OG OAT 1 eae“102 | ALGEBRA ' ______ALGEBRA_ RY AGE PROBLEMS SOLUTION: Let x = age of boy CE Board Nov. 2015 3x = age of brother FA was four times as old as B eight years ie x4+8= age of sister and if A will be twice as old as B eight year x4 3x+(x+8)=38 5x=30 hence, how old is B now? as ee ‘SOLUTION: x+8= 14 years (age of sister) Past Present Future Se | os 3 ae The sum of the ages of the three brothers is 63. If eee ae their ages can be represented as consecutive integers, what is the age ofthe eldest brother? { ai | A-8=4(B-8) A=4B-32+8 28 +8=48- solic: A+B=2B+8) A=4B-24 2B=32 XH (C41) 4 (42) = 63 A=2B+16-8 6 3x=60 aaa ‘Age of eldest brother = 20 + 2= 22 yrs. old AAboy s one-third as old as his brother and 8 yeas ‘Anna is 3 times as old as Mary. Three years 290, Younger than his sister. The sum of their aust she is four times as old as Mary. Find the sum of SB years. How oldis his sister? their ages.> - ALGEBRA ALGEBRA IB ‘SOLUTION: A=3M A-3=4(M~2) NUMBER PROBLEMS 3M-3=4M~12 poms ‘the United States, and Russia are the ‘A= (39) =27 countries with the most cellular subscribers in the Sum=9+27= 36 ‘world Together, the three countries have 34.8% of the world cellular subscribers. If the percent of the world subscribers in China is 3.1% less than 4 times the percent of the world ‘subscribers. in ‘Ais three Russia and the percent of the world ‘subscribers in A thee times as old a8 8. Theo years gp, United States is 4.3% more than the percent ofthe Imes as old as B. Find the sum of ther ages. world subscribers in Russia, find the percent of | world subscribers for each county. SOLUTION: R+C+U=M8 C=4R-3.4 UFR+43 R+AR-314+R+43=348Three housewives Mary, Kathy, and Anne ‘a basket of fruits for P800. One-half of what paid added to 15 of what Kathy paid and 111 4 ‘what Anne paid will be equal to P300. The sun that Mary paid increased by 1/8 of what Kathy pag diminished by % of Anne paid will make it equaliy P500. How much did Mary paid? SOLUTION: 0.5M+05K +0.5A =40) O.5M+0.2K + 0.10A=30) TK + 10A = 2400 0.3K + 0.4A= 100 (0.5M+0.2K + 010A = 300 M+K+A=800 ALGEBRA 1K + 10(100) = 2400 K=200 M+ Kk +A=800 +200 + 100 = 8600 M=500 ‘The amount of evaporation in inches per day from the surfaces of a large body of water can be Ww modeled by the formula: E = \ 7 2a where: a= area of waterin square rile \ W= average wind speed ofthe air over the water in mph 1 = surface evapaoration in inches pe day. { Determine the evaporation from the surface of a lake whose area is 9 sq.miles on a day when the wind speed over the water is 10 mph. ‘SOLUTION: Le ee eeALGEBRA [ET STET ALGEBRA INVESTMENT PROBLEMS ‘Suppose that a computer store just announced an 8% decrease in the price of a particular model I 'A price increases 5% due to inflation and is then this computer sells for P2162 after the decrease, reduoed 10% for a sale. Express the final price as find its original price. 2 function ofthe original price. ‘SOLUTION: x= 0.08x ~ 2162 ).10(0.05)P x= 2350 The planning department of Abstract Office { \ Supplies hes been asked to determine whether the a ie was recenty purchased for an ‘company should introduce a new computer desk } office for P6440 including tax. If the tax rate is next year. The department estimates that P6000 of 8%, find the price ofthe fax machine befor taxes. new manufacturing equipment will need to be purchased and that the cost of constructing each sournon: desk will be P200. The department also estimales 1.08x = 46440 that the revenue from each desk will be P40. x= P43,000 Betemie the revenue Rp) fom the sale ofIn what price will you sella celiphone for sale that cost P6000 in order that you may offer discount on the seling price and stil make a proft of 25% on the selling? ‘SOLUTION: x= marked price X= 0.20x = 6000 + (0.25)(0.80%) = P1000 Roger bought a condominium for 6M and sold it to Mamo at a loss of 20%. At what Price must Mamo_ _ the condominium in order to make a profit of 7 ‘SOLUTION: Cost of condominium paid by Mamo = 6(0.8) Cost of condominium paid by Mamo = 4.8M ‘Seling price of condominium with 5% prof. Selling price = 4.8(1.05) ‘Seling price = 6.04M ALGEBRA at | Irate bought two cars, one for P00, 000 and the taher for P400,000. He sold the fist at a gain of 40% and the second at a loss of 12%. What was his total percentage, gain or loss? SOLUTION: Total sells = 600,000(1.10) + 400,000(0.88) Total sels = P 1,012,000 (1.012000 1,000,000) Shgain = 900,000 (100)= 1.2% ros ‘Aman makes and sells “n" balloons a day. Each costs x pesos and is sold for y pesos. ifn, xand y are all increased by 10%, determine the Percentage increase in profit per day? SOLUTION: Profit = (y —x) n ‘New increased profit = 1.10n (1.10y - 1.10x) New increased profit= 1.21n (yx) Percentage increase is profit = [t.2iny-x)-n(y-x)] = 0.21 0 21%ALGEBRA _________ALGEBRA RW iT pe ‘In what ratio must a coffee costing P24 per kg be Rent-a-Heap Agency charges 81% ver week os mixed with a coffee costing P34 per kg so that a $0.20 per mile to rent a small car. How many mi profit of 20% is made by seling the mixture at P35 ould you travel for $335? te | SOLUTION: SOLUTION: Cost per ig mature: 125+ 0.20x = 335 6: a+ 1 x= 1050 miles, ye key | 5-120 23H = | oe Withe length of a rectangle is decreased by 10% — == Thelore the ratois 2:3 ‘and the width increased by 10%, whal is the ya percentage change of the area? SOLUTION: 1FAls 10% taller than B and B is 10% taller than C, A=x(1.10)(y)(0.90) then at what percentage is A taller than C. A=099xy ‘SOLUTION: % = (9-088) 409 = 001 ‘change in area: 19099 x “A change = 1% (decreas Ais higher than C by 21% inarea= 1% (decreed)4 ALGEBRA CLOCK PROBLEMS ‘Athow many minutes after 3 PM wil the hands a a clock be perpendicular to each other forthe fn time after 3 PM? t ‘SOLUTION: x =15+15+ & x= 15+ B+ 5 x= 3273 min. What time between 2 and 3 o'clock will the angle between the hands of the clock be bisected by the line connecting the center of the clock and the 3 O'clock mark? SOLUTION: 0+ 5 tye 15 =5- x ° y5-o ! =10+% x= 108 42y x06 #42 A) 2°48 2) DIGIT PROBLEMS The tens digit of a certain 2 digit number exceeds j the units digit by four and is one less than twice the Units digit. Find the units digit. SOLUTION: t= tens digit U= units digit teut4 t=2u-1 u+4=2u-1 ussby 3 digits, which ae in sonata Tastee IF the number is dvds area ofthe cigs, the quotient wil be 25 ng 1 be ated to the number, the gs wil be reversed. Find the ten's dig x+d= unk digit | The no. = 100(x-d) + 10x + (x +d) | Sumofdigits=x+x-d+x+d=3x 100(x-d) + 1014 (+d) _ 9g Ey Tox = 111x904 xed Reversed no. = 100(x + d) + 10x + (x-d) 18+ (100)x=d) + 10x +(x+@) = 100(x + d) + 10x + (x -d) 198 - 198d = 0 X=3d=3(1)=3. tens aigit ALGEBRA WORK PROBLEMS ‘Atank is filed with an intake pipe that wil fil tin 4 hours and an outlet pipe that will empty it in 12 hours. If both pipes are left open, how long will it take to fil the empty tank? SOLUTION: } | ‘A and B are working on a certain piece of work. It fakes A twice as long as it takes B to do a certain Piece of work. If A and B works together, they can finish the work in 6 days. How long wil it take for B todoit? ite SOLUTION: (4440.4 x” 2x) (2+1)(6)= 2 X= 9 days oiALGEBRA Cokoy can do a job in 1 hour, Paul can do th in 2 hours and Proxy can do the job in 3 How ong does it tke them todo the ob ety ‘Ajob can be done in 14 days by a crew of 9 me working 10 hrs. a day. How long wil a crew oft men working 7 hrs. a day take to finish the sane job? SOLUTION: No. of man-hours to do the job = 9(14)(10) = 125) 1260 = 12(7)§) X= 15 days Melisa Scarlatti can clean the house in 4 hrs, whereas her husband Jack can-do the same job in 5 hrs. They greed to clean together so that they can fnish in time to watch a movie on TV that starts in 2 hrs. How long wilt {ake to clean the house together? SOLUTION: Three postal workers can sort a stack of mail in 20 minutes, 30 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. Find ‘how long it takes them to sort the mail if all three work together. ‘SOLUTION: 30(60) + 20(60) + 20(30) 20(30)(60) x=10 min, ai xEI ALGEBRA Sat Sead E3 AA father and his son can dig a well if the fay works 6 hours and his son works 12 hour rth ccan do it if the father works 9 hours and the se works 8 hours, How long wilt take for the father, dig the well alone? SOLUTION: x=no. of hours the father could dig the well one y=no. of hours the son could dig the well alone " i w =< ole a0 + Bela (29-230) =52¢ x+ye5 3208 | En | } | a ‘What is the exponential form of the complex | } | Moat ate oe Find the value of vi SOLUTION: ‘SOLUTION: x25 12 “2 7? seen moe? iP semt aseiee e =Cos Z +iSin = = (127 +6) eee eee 13 eae se 5 +12)=196"™ = 136" +i viz (1492 (5 +12/)= 136‘\{ 2172 =8 230+ 2.215" 21922 = 16 230° +15" 0725 16 245° , KEENE Find (1+). SOLUTION: x+yi=1(Cos 0 + Sin @) (1#1)8= 8 (Cos 60 + i Sin 66) (18> (ay (Cos 270° + Sin 270°) no=t =48 692270 (141 = 80-9) (1+9)8=-87 A DE MOIVRES THEOREM | (Zopemn6 Determine (3 £20"). ' SOLUTION: VO? + (6)? =7.81 | 0 = 39.80" 6 (+5)? = (26) (6+si? =(781 239807" (6+5)° = (781)? £39980) (+51? =4764 211942 + (Cos 6 + Sin 6) = rectangular fom =476.4(Cos 119.47 +iSin 11942) (6+5i)° =-2344 4157 LEXen aa eet ee VF (eee mon | me Find the square rat of (5 +34 in Polar form, re to multiply the expressions (2) and i if you al ‘SOLUTION: a 4 il i? +39? ¢ ) | what willbe the resul Ve? +? S SOLUTION: 12 4 v2 .(. 1 | at? -(-4) . vai aft | free} =r? 249 } : Wie if (6.83 230.961)" = (5,83)'2 oe | 6 (6+3)" =241 215.48" (one ofthe cols) Y2i- ; 2 Mig ast The other roots: sR =241 1548" + 180" =2M1 £19848" (2nd root)a, ALGEBRA COMPLEX NUMBERS ‘Given a complex numbers in Cis form 8 Cis 4y and 2 Cis - 40°. Find the vale g (6 Cis 40°)2 Cis - 40° SOLUTION: (@ Cis 40°)2 Cis - 40°) 8(2) Cis [40° + (-40°)] 16.Cis 0° But Cis 0" = Cos 0° +iSinO | Cis0"=1 Therefore (8 Cis 40°)(2 Cis - 40") = 16 From the giver! complex numbers 3 - 4i ant e137, what is the product of the two comple numbers? ‘SOLUTION: 3-4i=re V3" +64? =5 4 re Product Se" Ber = (RF = ALGEBRA STANDARDIZE MEAN VALUES if two students average 75 on a test and three ‘other students averaged 90, find the average of a SOLUTION 28 15> 2 $,= 150 8, =210 Average of stents = 70180 = gy 5 i The average of 11 numbers fs 10. One number is eliminated leaving only 10 numbers. The average (of the remaining number is 7.5. What number was eliminated. SOLUTION ‘Sum of 14 numbers: S,, =10(11) = 110 ‘Sum of 10 numbers: Sq =7.5(10)=75 Number removed from the 11 numbers: a=110-75= 35—— Ei ALGEBRA Eee You are given 8.numbers which add up to 1, One of the numbers is 28. Calculate the avery of the other 7 numbers. SOLUTION: ‘Sum of 8 numbers: 8, = 168 Sum of7 oher numbers: S, = 168-28= 140 ‘A salesman gets a P1000 commission on a snd scale, one of the many that he accompished ni Period of ime, This P1000 commission raisedht 400n = 250{n - 1) +1000 average commission by P150. If the salsmatt 150n= 750 new average commission is now P400, how mat} sales did he make?ee vous —___ ron The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17,4, numbers are added to the progression, the ny ‘of numbers will have an arithmetic mean og ‘What are the two numbers if their difference ‘SOLUTION: s gee $=102 | x=0ne number to be added | x+4-= 2nd number to be added 102 +x+x+4 _ a 19 The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. fie numbers namely 274 and 850 are remove, wt is the arithmetic mean of the remaining nurbes? SOLUTION: wo AM 8-2 $= 4400 AM= 42 ALGEBRA PERMUTATIONS ‘A permutation of a set of objects is the Grrangement in a definite order ina straight line, You are given the word “absolute. Calculate how many three-letter arrangements can be formed out ofthe ler in that word if each letter is used only once. | { SOLUTION: | pe p= oe am CE How many three letter arrangements can be made wit the letters that comprise the word ANGLE if no ltrs will be repeated. q SOLUTION:Caloulate the number of permutations there are 15, distinct objects taken 2 at a time. | } ‘SOLUTION: 16! How many permutations can be made of the letters of the word MISSISSIPPI taken all at a time. ‘SOLUTION: Note: There are 11 letters, 4S, 41, 2 tL 44a | P= 34650 ALGEBRA x number of ways in which n different things maybe Ned ‘acircless(n iy ansed porns Tere are 5 pocket holes at the periphery of a round horizontal platform. In how many ways can 5 balls of different colors be placed with one bal in each pocket? SOLUTION: No. of ways = (5~ 1)! No. of ways = 24 ‘A school chess team has six members, one of which is the team captain. If they are to complete in 6 simultaneous games, board 1 o 6, how many ‘arrangement can they make if the team captain should always be in board 1 SOLUTION: No. of arrangement No. of arrangement = 120Carla is going to arrange her 4 books on a shelf Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry and Cacuug How many different possible arrangements can ‘she make? SOLUTION: No. of possible arrangement = 4! = 24 In how many ways can a PICE Chapter with 14 directors choose a President, Vice-Presiden, Secretary, and a Treasurer if no member can hold more than one position. SOLUTION: 14 No. of ways = a = 24024 if you are given the word PARALLEL, compute the number of different 8-etter arrangements can be formed. SOLUTION: There are 8 letters with 2's and 3 L's. a No. of ments = —— arangemens = 373i ALGEBRA oo hat the extension of a priate tephone You Yerper i 343 but you have frgotn te a digits. You can only recall that the last 4 digits are See, and 9, but you donot know thee. tha ithe max. numberof telephone cas you vil need fpmake in order to dial the conet number? SOLUTION: 332222 No. of calls needed to make in order to dial he correct number = 4! = 24 ‘A music school produced a number of muscans which includes 3 drummers, 4 trumpet players and 5 pianists. How many diferent jazz tos can be formed from this batch of musicians if each tno consists of & drummer, a trumpet player and 2 pianist? SOLUTION: Different jazz trios formed from this 7 = 35 Different jazz trios formed from this gro%? =60\F pt i ALGEBRA EE ALGEBRA Peter is going to set up a stereo system purchasing separate components. There are § different receivers, 8 different DVD players, and 12 different speaker systems. If Peter wants one of each of these components, how many diferent stereo systems are possible? ‘SOLUTION: Possible no. of stereo systems = 5 + 8» 12= 480 ‘Students at University of the Philippines are | classified as being freshmen, sophomores, juniors, ‘or seniors, and also according to whether they are male or female. Find the total number of possible classifications forthe students of this college. ‘SOLUTION: No. of possible classifications = 4 + 2= 8 In a certain city in the Philippines, all seven digt telephone numbers begin with 350. How man) telephone numbers maybe assigned to that cty # the last four digits should not begin or end in zero? SOLUTION: 0-7 2 22 ‘There are 10 digits from 0 0 9 used atthe middle two, ‘There are 9 digits that will ot end or begin wth 2, No. of telephone numbers = 9+ 10+ 10+9= 8109 “The Court of Appeals has 9 justives. Ona cain case, the justices voted 5 to 4 in favor of the defendant. In how many ways could this have happened? SOLUTION: ‘The standard configuration for a license plate is 3 digits followed by 3 letters. How many diferent license plates are possible if the digits and letters can be repeated? SOLUTION: There are 10 choices foreach cg rom 0109 and 26 choices for each letter. No. of plates = 10 10° 10+26+26+25 No. of plates = 17,576,000ALGEBRA. ee ALGEBRA ling of letters The LTO issves license plates consisting aj fumbers. There are 26 ltrs may be repeated. Th are 10 digits and the digits may be repeated. How may possible hcense plates can be issued with Wo tin followed by three | numbers? IN: Sol tes = 26 +26 + 10+ 10+ 10= 676,00 pla can a student select a set of a a Doig bots ‘and 3 Hydraulics books fom set of 9 Structural Design books and 5 Hydrauiks ‘books? ‘SOLUTION: of tere ys No.ofways = $79 ay * 345-3)! CE Board May 2015 ‘Ayala Corporation advertised to hire financial anajst ‘The company received applications from 10 candidal who seem to be equally qualified. The compar ‘manager has decided to call only 3 candidates fo 2) interview. If she randomly selects 3 candidates fom fe 10, how many total selections are possible? SOLUTION: 10! No. of ways = ———__. = - (10-3)131 120 COMBINATIONS A Combination is a grouping or select of all or part of a set of objects without regard to the arrangement of the objects selected. eG In @ compound event in which the first event may occur in m different ways, the second event may occur in n, different ways and so om, and the kth event may occur in n, different ways, the total mumber of ways the compound event may occur is | nenenen, Carr meee) ‘A music school produced a number of musicians which includes 3 drummers, 4 trumpet players and 5 pianists. How many different jazz tris can be formed from this batch of musicians if each tio consists of a drummer, a trumpet player and a Pianist? SOLUTION: Different jazz trios formed from this group = 3(4)(5) = 60Eb Avcepra A sandwich is made by puting cheese and ian between two pieces of bread. ‘You ar given gp types of cheese, two kinds of ham and choices of bread. How many different sandch, can you make? SOLUTION: No. of sandwiches = 5 + 2+ 3= 30 A restaurant offers four sizes of pizza, two types crust, and eight toppings. How many combinators | of pizza with one topping are there? SOLUTION: No. of combinations of pizza with one topping =4+2+8=64 ‘A woman is going out for the evening. She wilt | ‘on one of 6 dresses, one pair out of 8 pais o shoes, and go to one of 7 restaurants. In hor ‘many ways can this be done? SOLUTION: No of ways it could be done = 6 + 8+ 7 = 396 CE, and conte rane in roups of 3. In how many ways can the leer be arranged? ‘SOLUTION: 5 =o = 10 +9" 363 Ina licensure examination, an examinee may select 7 problems from a set of 10 questions, In how many ways can he make his choice? SOLUTION:ALGEBRA EZ students. 4can represent the gay oo and 5 geologist, a committee of Aclass has Frof at an exam board. How many combinations a WPmembers to assess damage due to an possible when choosing this group? arnquake in Japan is {0 consist of 4 engineers SOLUTION: | 84°53 geologist. In how many ways can the ‘i | committee be formed? of | goLUTION: a rom ia Lids : | =35(10) = 350 ' | Tnhow many ways can ateam of 6bepickedton | S>tWS= 310 } 10 possible players. C) Combination of different things SOLUTION: PEWS AU Rel | =. . » * To-are 210 C=2"-1 In how many ways can a reviewee choose 15 boxes can each hold one object. in how nay ; F vas cord Bonted coece’e pesline, | Terence books i 6 diferent books of diferent boxes? SOLUTION: =__15 °G (B= oy = 9%